GAMERA - THE COMPLETE COLLECTION Limited Collector's Edition Unboxing (Arrow Video, Kaiju, Blu-ray)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- One of the most ambitious and prestigious Blu-ray box sets to date has arrived from Arrow Video! GAMERA: The Complete Collection features all twelve movies in the kaiju franchise on Blu-ray, as well as a 130-page hardcover book collecting the Dark Horse comics from 1996 and an 80-page perfect bound book of essays, schematics, posters, and more! This set is either already or very nearly sold out, so don't hesitate if you'd like to own your own copy!
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What an absolutely gorgeous box set and presentation, reminding us what is so FANTASTIC about physical media collecting!
I had the same reaction to the weight of the box when I got my copy yesterday. This set is easily the nicest blu-ray set that I own to date. It blows away the Criterion Collection Godzilla box set in my opinion. Arrow Video knocked this one out of the park and then some!
Supposedly my copy is being delivered from Amazon tomorrow, crossing my fingers that I actually get it. It looks gorgeous.
Mine is still saying "Order Received" 😑
Same :/
*knock knock* "Who is it? Come in!" had me laughing XD Thanks dude, I needed that. Listen, I have NO idea what Gamera is but this video was an absolute joy to watch. It was like Christmas, man! Your eyes just lit up when you unboxed it.
Ha! I guess I should have started with what Gamera actually is! In a previous unboxing video (the Criterion Bruce Lee set) my analytics showed me that I was losing people after seriously about one minute in, so I tried to cut straight to the goods here. Gamera is basically a turtle version of Godzilla. Japanese giant monster, fights other giant Japanese monsters (people in rubber suits). They're a lot of fun, and as the back of the box says, "Gamera, Friend of All Children!" Thanks for the laugh!
I’m so proud of this set and everyone who worked on it - thanks for the review!
Thanks for stopping by, Matt! Your artwork MAKES this set what it is. I would imagine every artist would dream of having their work showcased through such a prestigious display!
I just got my package today. It's heavy and insane. I love it. The trilogy from the 90s are indeed some of the greatest kaiju films ever made.
I'm glad that I got one. It's already sold out in most places.
I've been waiting a long time for a complete gamera set with English dub that's not Mystery science theater 🤘💯
When I first saw this video 10 months ago, I could not order it online so when our first lockdown ended I went to every location of my favorite movie store in Ontario Canada and missed the last copy by 1 minute. I put my name down in case it came back. Well Saturday day I got a call that somehow during yet another lockdown they got 1 copy show up over an hour away from my house. Now that I got the last one in the province, possibly anywhere, I had to unbox it with past Heath
Woo hoo! Present Heath rejoices with you.
Fingers crossed that godzilla gets one like this I know he got one recently but its not as cool as this
It's an amazing set. Amazing! And worth the coin. But I have all the movies. So, as much as I love Gamera, even if I can find this, not sure I'd pick up. Of course, such decisions are subject to impulse purchase changes of mind in the middle of the night. 😎
I completely understand. I had all but the Heisei movies already, but the amount of love and attention they put into this thing made it a must-have for me. I didn't get too deep into the specs in the video, but the Heisei movies have been given new 4K restorations and a bunch of new special features. The older films also have quite a collection of commentaries, documentaries, and alternate versions/language choices too. When they say "the complete collection," they weren't playing around! I'm glad I took the plunge.
@@CerealAtMidnight As I said, I may change my mind. It's truly a gorgeous set.
This is a beautiful set. I was on the fence about ordering it, but I’m so glad I did. And it was so heavy the person who delivered it just put it on the edge of my porch. I guess he couldn’t make it to the door like all my other deliveries.
The delivery person didn't realize he needed to stretch or put on a back brace before he started walking it up to your porch!
Thanks Heath!
That's insane! So much awesome stuff in one set! I'm still in the process of collecting older TV shows and movies. Hoping the first series of GI: Joe gets a re-release in regular sized case packaging. If you're interested, season 3 of Garfield and Friends is being released on October 27th.
That is a gorgeous set
Have it pre-ordered on Amazon. Looking forward to it. Through years of GFest attending I’m friendly with several of the commentators involved and the awesome artist (Matt Frank).
I have always loved Gamera. I know the Godzilla franchise generally offers better movies but I just always found so much joy in that giant turtle. I couldn’t do this set because I did a killer Dawn of the Dead 4k import set. I have review screeners for the set though and can’t wait to dive into the movies.
Gamera movies feel...maybe "sweeter" is the word? More gentle? More wholesome than Godzilla? I'm curious where you got review screeners! We should continue this conversation via direct message or email.
@@CerealAtMidnight definitely sweeter is a good description. Part of it might be that I had a box turtle for years as a pet too lol. Sure, shoot me a dm.
I ordered this set when I found out it was gonna be as big as the Herschell Gordon Lewis cereal box size set arrow released a while back. This is 🔥
SWEET i didnt think it would be up so quick! i didnt know it would be so huge. GAMERAAAAAA gamera is really neat gamera if filled with meat gameraa.....unfortunatly i didnt get it. but i am excited for it and hope they do release a standard
Wow! I preordered (hasn't yet arrived), but I thought it was a standard shelf-sized package. That's massive! I better clear out the closet to make room.
"You're gonna need a bigger boat!"
I love Gamera! That set is AMAZING
nice video 👍 I love Gamera!
I actually got an ad on a youtube vid for this
Very cool!
way too cool. I am loving your videos. I am always watching for videos since 2k subs.
Thank you for being with us for so long!
Hey Heath nice choice i love the showa era part but i do like heisei too. Not the biggest fan of Gamera the brave.
Man this look nice I'm going to have to grab me one I Wonder if they got one like that for Godzilla how come they haven't made Godzilla versus Gamera movie yet I've been waiting on them people been asking about that🎮🕹😀👍🏾
How did I miss out on this set??? It’s incredible
Mine is currently on a UPS delivery truck should be here any time now
haven't seen a gamera movie in 20 yrs i knew of gamera before godzilla. i thought there was more then 12 movies
Mine delivered yesterday, just gotta get home lol
Dude no shout out to Matt Frank ?????
Not by name, no, because I didn’t know he was the artist when I opened it. But he stopped by in these very comments and I let him know how special his art makes the set.
I have my Amazon preorder!
This is giving me massive fomo
I want it but it's $600 today
It's been divided into two smaller sets now, but the discs are the same:
Gamera: The Showa Era amzn.to/3pnF4IQ
Gamera: The Heisei Era amzn.to/3pkez6Y
@@CerealAtMidnight yes but I really want it for the comic. You can easily find the dark horse but I can't find gamera lost hope anywhere
@@patrickmcguire451 just read it for free online, Matt frank released it for free long ago
I have an unopened one if still interested
Looks like a dc absolute
Why'd the 'comic art' change the color of Gamera to green? Horrible! Deal breaker. And this 1990s-comic-style box art bears no relation to these live action movies. This isn't a collection of cartoons, as the box art seems to suggest. (When will this era of 'newly commisioned cover art' for Blu-ray/Dvd end? Give us the photo art that the Studios originally made). Too big for any shelf, it would have to be kept in storage (which would help hide that art).
I love these movies! For the longest time I felt Gamera was underrated but I know he has a following!
I know in the kaiju fanbase the hot button debate is "Which is better, this or the CC godzilla set". But to me that's a boring debate (Arrow and Criterion have 2 different mindsets for what they do, Arrow would lean more towards 'fan' mentality, and CC had to deal with Toho being Toho)
For me the main topic is how did the price for this drop to 125 on amazon when godzilla only really dropped by like 10 dollars during its preorder window.
I saved 50 bucks on this thing just because I preordered in february.
Considering all it comes with I don't know how they justified that price drop.
3 years later 2024. I have the Showa and Heisei Gamera box sets. Got them for $50 each. They are gorgeous!! Great quality, Arrow Video never disappoints.
I am a huge Godzilla fan (33 movies owned) and King Kong 1933, love it. (5 King Kong movies owned).
I had never seen Gamera, after watching the first 2 (Showa era). I’am already hooked! Great stuff! And now I own them all! 😸
That box looks fabulous. As you say, it is very prestigious. Love your infectious support of physical media. Stay strong ✊🏼
Mine is supposed to be delivered with my copies of Pitch Black and the Flash Gordon LE tomorrow. I still regret not picking up the Herschell Gordon Lewis box set and wish I could track one down for a decent price to go with my Severin Al Adamson set. I didn’t want to risk missing out on this one too.
I didn't get the Herschel Gordon Lewis set either and wish I had.
Shame it wasn't sent with more protection rather than being loose in the box as I see your outer box suffered damage in the bottom corner
I got the UK one and it was packed well by Amazon
Just pulled the trigger on one on Amazon through a 3rd party so hoping to get it the at the end of next week. Paid more but with you showing it off it was still well worth the little bit of extra cost. When Barnes & Noble had their Criterion sale I for sure picked up the Godzilla the Showa Era collection in that very nice book package. So the Gamera books will look so awesome alongside the Godzilla. I know they have a nice steelbook of Mothra but I wouldn't mind seeing Mothra get this treatment too.
This is now officially the biggest and best box set in my collection! Amazing release by Arrow
This box set is great. Known about Gamera for a while but never saw them till recently and I enjoyed them. A shame I didn't watch it years ago so I could find out about this box set. Prices online for this are pricey. Still, the two era box sets are available and take up less space.
I have the set, and it's beautiful, I like yourself, prefer the other style disc holder, but as you said, I see why they chose this style. The other style seems to break so easily. The Dark Shadows Coffin set is broken for every disc. I can only speak for myself, but this style has its faults as well. Once the glue gets older, the disc gets stuck and gets covered in the glue. I know multiple people who own the Criterion Godzilla, and it's completely ruined their disc. I own the Godzilla set but have yet to have these problems, I will say that I own the Universe Studios 100 years collection (I only purchased it for Alls quite on the Western Front 1931) the glue is horrible on that set. The disc are almost all glued down, and the large booklet the bluray are in make a horrible sound every time you touch it. I think it's alive, lol.
My Amazon did not come. Arrow seriously underestimated the demand for this, and that’s a shame. I will not pay a scalper for this, as they are already in the high 3’s to over $400.00. Oh well, life goes on.
I'm so pissed I missed out on this. I just didn't bite when I should have and didn't pay attention to the limited run. I had to jump on the individual standard sets they just released to make up for it. They're good little sets...but this thing is...man I'm jealous.
Some random thoughts:
I see Amazon sent you this with NO packing material. A miracle that it came to you in such good shape.
My first thought when I got it was about how heavy this thing really is.
For me, this is better than Christmas. I had a grin the whole time checking it out.
I have lots of collector’s editions and box sets. This is so much nicer than any of them. The amount of love and care they gave a flying turtle is nothing short of astonishing.
It isn’t hype. The 90’s trilogy is among the best of any monster movies.
Luckily this will fit on top of my bookcase.
Question Do I save them for a October Halloween monster marathon or do I dig in now? Ant thoughts?
Great video once again Heath. Take care and I will catch you later!
Yes, no cushion or packing materials at all. Not even those little air bags. Not too long ago, Amazon sent me a comics omnibus that weighs like 8 pounds with a Blu-ray also in the box. No cushion or padding. Remarkably, the Blu-ray was not turned into a pancake. It's a miracle!
I agree with you about the set, it's one of the best physical media presentations to date. All the movies, all that artwork, all the extras in an 80 page book, AND a 130 page hardcover comics collection? This tops anything I can think of. This year alone, we've gotten the complete 20 season run of Gunsmoke, Al Adamson's entire career of dozens of movies in one single box set, and now this. Anyone who says physical media is dead is not paying attention at all. We've never had it this good!
Rather have physical media than digital. I have seen so many movies and they sound and look so much better on a physical disc than watching it digitally. Watching movies the sound is low and quality is not as good as watching it on the disc.
Just got mine in today. I had Pre ordered it on Amazon but it got delayed....honestly thought they were going to cancel my order since it’s been so long. Super stoked!
This reminds me a lot of what Critcheon did with the Godzilla Showa Era Collection. Will definitely pick up both of these
I really want to get the Gamera Complete Collection Limited Edition Blu-ray from Arrow Video one day but I sadly missed out on it so I'm really hoping Arrow would release a standard edition of the Gamera Complete Collection Blu-ray.
I would say don't give up yet. There are still reports of these showing up now and then, and someone in my Patreon group just had one mailed to them from Amazon yesterday.
I have Arrows 2 Seperate Amaray Boxes.
You make me want to spend money again on this...
Gamera has always been my favorite since I was 15 I'm now 60 still the best
How much was it initially? Goes for like 5-6 hundred now
I just received this massive package and it's awesome!
Ordered it from Zavvi for 125 euros, which is a steal compared to the prices on ebay right now.
Great price, and glad you got one!
Are there any differences apart of design, between this complete collection and 2 separate (Showa/Heisei) series editions? Any video quality changes?
I don't have the smaller collections, but I believe the discs are the same. The differences are in packaging and all the physical goodies like books and art cards that aren't in the smaller sets.
I bought the 4k collector's edition of Flash Gordon from Arrow & the Criterion edition of Bruce Lee's greatest hits & have the 4k Arrow release of Pitch Black on order - so I had to pass on this Gamera set. Hopefully Arrow will do just a regular set down the road & then I'll pick it up. The Mill Creek box sets of Gamera on blu-ray that I own will hold me over till then. Plus, I'm more of a Godzilla fan then Gamera. My criterion collection of the Showa era of the big G gets a lot of play. More so then my Gamera sets.
That Gamera box set is too legit to quit!!!! I lived in Japan for 12 years off and on and I NEVER saw anything this epic over there. I need a Mothra box set in my life!!
How much did it cost?
I believe the U.S. retail price was $179. It was available for much less than that in pre-order, depending on the retailer.
I am crazy hyped for this. I need to get this, and the godzilla criterion set as well.
Couldn't buy it, I was busy with other stuff. really love owning this set. BUT oh well, you said a second edition normal set coming out, I'll wait. that boxset is just SO AWESOME! dude. Arrow video did AMAZING work with that Gamera boxset. I still own the shout factory dvds I bought many years ago. awesome unboxing
I was going to hold off for awhile but all your talk about selling out gave me some serious FOMO so I pulled the trigger today. Haha classic case of Heath costing me money!
D'oh! Not trying to cost anybody any money, but I definitely don't think this set is going to be around in a month. Maybe not even in a couple of weeks. I'm hearing reports of PRE-ORDERS being cancelled with no explanation.
@@CerealAtMidnight yeesh, ya I'm glad I snagged one then!
I received mine about 3 weeks ago (a plus from ordering from Diabolik). I've watched the first 3 so far and they look great. The extras are awesome too, especially the comic book. The package is heavier and bigger than I thought it would be. It will sit next to my Arrow Herschel Gordon Lewis set perfectly.
I couldn't afford one of these right now, although they're very reasonably priced considering everything you get in them. My hope is in the near future Arrow releases a set of just the 12 movies without all the cool extra gubbins for around half the price or so.
Man I am just discovering Arrow Films and this box set....the secondary market price for this makes me cry. Congrats to anyone who got the initial release at a halfway decent price!
Wow that is one beutiful set, I love whats happening now with physical media, it reminds me of the old laser disc days with very elaborate releases. I know nothing about camera and have not seen any of the movies, but I bought it after watching this video.
Had to order from Arrow U.K. I cant believe how fast this sold! Didn’t anticipate having to spend this money atm but I am glad I snagged one before they start getting flipped for big bucks
The artwork is amaizing. I'm in awww... Disc stack not so much. The smell is important keep letting us know.
The best box set I own or have ever seen! So large the only place I could display it was with my equally large Prime 1 Gamera statue.
That is awesome. I stupidly ordered mine with the Alejandro Jodorowsky set at the same time with diabolikdvd so now I wait.
Waiting for mine in the mail.Glad I bought it, looks like it's a contender for the best blu-ray box set ever made.
Lovely package but massive box sets are a bit of a pet peeve of mine, like how would I ever fit that on a shelf with my other films
I looked on ebay for this I couldn't find it can anyone tell me where u can buy it
It's out of print now but Arrow has split it into two smaller box sets.
The Showa Era: amzn.to/3zcI7Fd
The Heisei Era: amzn.to/3lOfxqI
I have one unopened if still interested.
I bought it on the 11th of August, I was just on time because the next day it was sold out!
Criterion: Read ‘em and weep, our Godzilla collection!
Arrow Video: Hold my beer...
I preordered it on amazon a while ago and still no word when or if they’ll send it -.-
Creature Containment Disc!
Gamera is not for me, but that is a sweet sweet looking set!
Gamera was the advertisement before the video started. Cool!
D*** didn’t realize this was so limited, I was waiting till I recovered from several other large orders and preorders before ordering this to go next to my Godzilla set know it looks like I missed it unless I get extremely lucky on some of the beatin path site unless I want to pay scalpers prices
You could just wait for the standard Blu-ray box set that surely must be coming at some point. It will presumably be cheaper, too.
That is a thing of beauty! :)
another brilliant arrow release one my favourite company’s to collect for now got to get around the wife lol see if she will let me have it £109 on amazon another great video keep up the great work 🙏